Champney's Restaurant & Tavern

I went to Champney's for their Thanksgiving dinner event on November 27th. It was a prix fixe menu including an appetizer, entree, and dessert for 60 dollars per person. Not a bad price in this day and age and turns out it was worth it! It was just two of us, so for appetizers we had the pumpkin bisque and the chevre & greens; for entrees the turkey dinner and prime rib; and lastly for dessert the Indian pudding and apple crisp. Everything was delicious! We also got cocktails and they were very good as well. The only reason I can't give five stars (it's very minor but notable) is because upon our arrival at 5:10pm for a 5:15pm reservation their system for seating people who checked in seemed a little disorganized. Just an observation, however it certainly didn't interfere with the meal experience. I'll definitely be back for another meal at Champney's!

Made lunch reservation for the dining room and was accommodated. Very nice atmosphere and outstanding service. The fish and chips and quiche, along with the delicious clam chowder made it an enjoyable stop. A drink at the comfortable tavern bar was a nice finish.

The food was absolutely amazing! The staff was wonderful! We will definitely come again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lunch was ok. Caesar salad was good but quiche was tiny. Wife's fish and chips were cold when she got them. Made the mistake of ordering the pickle martini which tasted like a glass of pickle brine which for some reason had sweet pickles in it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

Like walking into the set of Newhart…. New England charm and ambience

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

“Family-style” eating at fine-dining prices.

They didn’t even pour water for us, instead silently setting down a giant carafe on our table and walking away.

Food was overly salted and like-warm.

Don’t recommend.

Always a lovely treat to have dinner here

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

A lovely restaurant nestled into the historic Deerfield Inn. Beautiful bar area, good food & service. Try the Indian pudding with vanilla ice cream.. yum!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The lobster roll was excellent!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

They serve an interesting rendition of clam chowder that has a lot of celery and is a little bit sour. The short rib seems to be one of their signature dishes and it was so tender that you can cut it with a fork. They also had a good selection of wines by the glass. Highly recommended.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice atmosphere & good service. Good menu choices.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came here to celebrate a birthday and left severely disappointed. 1 star for food because not only did it take nearly an hour to even receive our entrees, which we received to go due to the long wait, but they also weren’t correct. Attached is a picture of a pizza we ordered. A pizza that was supposed to have mushrooms, RAW onions, spinach, pepperoni, and hamburger. Not only was there no spinach or protein on it, the pizza was haphazardly thrown into the Togo box. The bowl of chowder was seemingly the same size as the cup that we did happen to receive and eat at the restaurant. 3 stars for service because our server was good but there was a lack of forgiveness from the establishment overall about the situation. My son, whose birthday we were celebrating, had to leave early due to his son being out past his bedtime & later than anticipated. When arriving for a 7:15 reservation with a party of 6, one can expect some wait but leaving at 8:45 after JUST receiving our food in to go boxes is unacceptable. We did receive a discount on the food we waited for then returned home to find the entrees in less than stellar shape. Not the birthday celebration we were hoping for.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

I am being generous when I give this a poor score. We had a reservation but we were stuck in the bar in a corner next to the bar and a table with the King of Garrulousness! This person never stopped talking about his trips to Japan, Korea and just about every country in Asia. Table converstion of course is fine but when one is seated at a banquett stuffed between the bar and not 4 ft from Chatty Charlie it does not enhance the dining experience. Already a little annoyed our waiter arrived gave us water and took our order. My order was simple, a cheeseburger no bun and salad no dressing. " How did I want my burger cooked ?" "Very, very, very well ." I reply. In addition, there were no onions on it as listed in the menu. My burger comes out raw in the middle I ask it to be recooked and he apologizes and takes it back. In the meantime my partner gets his food and at my urging eats it. To be fair the manager apologized and I did appreciate thatl. I finally get the buger back and grrr no cheese, and dressing on the salad which I orderd dry. How can the kitchen get so many things wrong. In reality I had two items on my plate and there were 3 errors! The manager came over (to his credit not at my request) and asked me how the burger was. I told him that no cheese, added dressing. He was clearly upset and took off half of the price of my meal on the bill. All in all this was not a fantastic experience. Our waiter did not even check back with us after he gave me back my food or even after the first serving. Also, this is a health hazard I saw him putting lemon slices on drinks with bare hands( remember I am stuffed next to the bar?). No tongs nothing! He has touched a myriad of things in the bar and god knows what else and then he is handling raw wet food with those hands? All in all I had high hopes for this place and it just did not meet what I feel are just basic demands. I do not think it is unreasonable to ask that staff use tongs or gloves when touching food that is not cooked. I do not think it is unreasonable to expect a cheeseburger to have cheese! In summation, poor seating, kitchen staff that is not caring enough to make a simple meal and not checking back on patrons or use tongs when serving uncooked food.

this place is interesting. The staff was nice but it took a while to be helped, and then a while to order food and have it come out. The food was not great, i ordered medium steak on my caesar salad and it was completely pink in the center, like raw looking in the middle. The atmosphere here is also very weird, it being in an inn doesn’t help. It was strangely quiet inside, too quiet. The music was barely audible and the place was like eerily quiet and made me uncomfortable. Wouldn’t recommend this place just because the food was not good enough to bear sitting in the strange dining room.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The margarita flight with 3 margaritas set the dinner off. My husband and I shared it. Drinks were strong and tasty.

I had the clam chowder which was a nice size bowl of clam chowder. It had a slightly tart taste which surprised me for clam chowder. It had plenty of clams and potatoes for a dinner. My husband got the Beef Short Ribs and it came with mashed potatoes and zucchini and shredded carrots - flavorful, moist, and delicious. The Bailey's Affogato dessert was a stand out. It came with a shot of Bailey's Irish Cream, scoop of vanilla ice cream, and a shot of espresso. My husband violated the affogatos rules and enjoyed each part separately. Our waiter was Jonah S, and he was personable and we enjoyed talking with him.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5